Villagomez v. Rockwood Specialties, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice GARZA.
Lucy Villagomez, individually and as representative of the estate of Ismael Vil-lagomez, deceased, Francisco Villagomez and Maria Villagomez (collectively “the Villagomez family”) appeal from the trial court’s order granting a special appearance by Rockwood Specialties, Inc., a foreign corporation whose direct acts and omissions are alleged to have proximately caused the wrongful death of Mrs. Villago-mez’s husband, Ismael Villagomez, who was working in Gonzales, Texas at the time of his death. Because we hold that Rockwood failed to negate the existence of…
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